Roblox to Estimate Age of All Users
Roblox adopts age estimation and ID checks to strengthen safety, limit risks, and provide age-appropriate experiences.
TikTok Adds Parental Controls and Disables Direct Messaging for Users Under 16
TikTok, the popular app that allows users to share short (typically 15 second) videos announced Family Pairing to give parents greater control over their teen’s safety setting.
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Spotting Sneaky Dark Patterns
Ever felt like an app “tricked” you into a subscription or made it nearly impossible to delete an account?
Spotting Sneaky Dark Patterns
Ever felt like an app “tricked” you into a subscription or made it nearly impossible to delete an account?
Parent Guides
Parent’s Guide to Discord
Discord is a popular communication app that debuted in 2015 and quickly gained a following among people looking to communicate while playing video games. The service supports voice, video and text chat and has over 200 million monthly active users. How it works...
Parent’s and Educator’s Guide to Combatting Hate Speech
By Brittan Heller, JD and Larry Magid, Ed.D. Download Free Guide (PDF) Download Free Quick Guide (PDF) The internet is making it possible for people around the world to communicate with lightning speed and, for the most part, it’s a good thing. Whether it’s keeping up...
Parent’s Guide to Education Technology
By Kerry Gallagher, J.D., and Larry Magid, Ed.D. Download Guide (PDF) We all know children use devices like smartphones, tablets, Chromebooks, and laptops at school and they also often use a vocabulary full of technology jargon that may seem completely foreign....
Parent’s Guide to Cybersecurity
Download Free Guide (PDF) Download Free Quick Guide (PDF) Just about everyone is online these days, including the vast majority of teens and a growing number of young children. Whether by using a smartphone, accessing the web, watching a video, texting or playing a...
Parent’s Guide to Google Family Link
If you’re a parent, chances are that you have a smartphone and maybe a tablet, and it’s equally likely that your child would like one as well. You may be hesitating, because perhaps your child isn’t yet old enough to take full responsibility when it comes to all the...
Wellness and Safety
Back to School Tech, Study & Safety Tips
by Larry Magid This is a modified version of a post that first appeared in the Mercury News As another school year begins, technology will play a major role in how students learn, communicate, and spend their time—both in and out of the classroom. For parents and...
Podcast: Safety and Other Reasons for an Internet “Land Line”
Larry interviews Eric Stang, the CEO of Ooma, a company that provides internet phone services for homes and businesses using traditional or modern phones. The discussion covers the declining use and quality of conventional POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) lines and...
LA Fires Remind Us to Backup Data and Prepare for Outages
By Larry Magid The tragic fires in Los Angeles Country are yet another reminder to be sure you have a disaster plan in place. This includes making sure that your important files are backed up to "the cloud", in case your home is damaged or destroyed and that are...
Parent’s Quick-Guide to Tech for Tots
Download Quick-Guide (PDF) Why did ConnectSafely publish this guide? Sixty-one percent of parents say that parenting is more difficult than it was 20 years ago, with many citing technology as the reason why, according to a 2020 Pew Research Center survey. Teaching...
Youth Voices
Pixels, Prompts, and Policy: AI Through a Youth Lens
By Tarunya Dharmarajan Tarunya is a member of ConnectSafely’s Youth Advisory Council. “Create schedule with my to-do list,” “Edit this email,” and “Explain a binomial distribution to me like I’m 5” are all things I’ve recently asked from the latest and greatest in...
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